A recent study by Pitchbook and Grant Thornton has discovered that Private Equity groups are holding on to their investments for longer, 4.8 years is the median "hold" time as discussed in "Private Equity Exits Report: 2012 Annual Edition".
September 23, 2011
Venture capital performance continued an upward trajectory as of the first quarter of 2011, the improvements were seen across all time horizons, with the exception of the 15-year numbers, and were driven by the strong one-year venture capital return of 18.5 percent.
June 27, 2011
Finally, consequences. Those giant banks that are too big to fail will now be required to either pay a higher cost of capital, or break themselves up to avoid new capital requirements.
April 14, 2011
From Jesse Eisinger at ProPublica: "Investors are punishing funds that have engaged in questionable behavior and balking at ever-escalating fees. Regulators are showing uncharacteristic backbone, insisting that they will not merely fight the last war when it comes to new rules."
April 13, 2011
In March, U.S. companies raised more money through stock offerings than any month since March 2000. And it's not just tech companies these days. Bond offerings are also occurring at a record pace thanks to low interest rates.
April 13, 2011
From WSJ: "The stock market's strong gains since its 2009 meltdown low have buoyed investor demand for stocks, helping global common-stock underwriting surge 16% to $174.4 billion in the first quarter, Dealogic said. Investors who had previously sought more-stable bond funds have grown "steadily more confident" about stock mutual funds this year, said Alastair Borthwick, co-head of global capital markets at Bank of America Corp.'s Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "
December 15, 2010
From the Wall Street Journal - Rather than pouring their money into building plants or hiring workers, nonfinancial companies in the U.S. were sitting on $1.93 trillion in cash and other liquid assets at the end of September. Cash accounted for 7.4% of the companies' total assets—the largest share since 1959.
September 24, 2010
The recession might (technically) be over, but the hangover lingers for tenants and landlords. Many tenants are no longer fully utilizing the space they occupied in 2008, so they have excess capacity to sublet or expand into without taking on a new lease. This doesn't bode well for landlords looking to fill their vacant buildings.
September 21, 2010
It's over. The 2007-2009 recession, which wiped out 7.3 million jobs, cut 4.1% from economic output and cost Americans 21% of their net worth, marked the longest slump since the Great Depression. But it ended in June 2009. Champagne anyone?
September 17, 2010
Forbes Insights, in association with CIT, recently published the report “U.S. Small Business and Middle Market Outlook 2010”.
February 21, 2012
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